After midnight

On the morning of the second day after the capture of the "Death Prison", a young man dressed in black walked through an ancient house. Although the cold morning light showed that it was a good day, it was obvious that this good weather did not belong here.

The young man walked through corridors one after another and finally stopped in front of a door. He reached out and knocked on the door.

"Come in." A deep, middle-aged male voice came from behind the door.

The door was opened and then closed. The young man stood diagonally in front of the desk, bowed to the man sitting in the chair, and greeted respectfully, "Good morning, Uncle."

"Ah."

After receiving the response, the young man began to report the situation. "Lin Xuanfeng is here, but he is the only one here, without the other main forces of the revolutionary army."

"Really? He thinks too highly of himself for daring to break into the 'Prison of Death' alone! It seems that the 'Son of God' is not that attractive to them. Has Lin Xuanfeng been captured?"

"No, the 'Son of God' also escaped." The young man spoke cautiously.

"What?" Song Hongtian's low voice contained obvious anger.

"It's because the 'Dark Night' organization got involved, and even Yin showed up." The young man couldn't help but speed up his tone.

"Yin? Is he the supreme commander of 'Dark Night' who never reveals his true face?" Song Hongtian said after a pause of a few seconds, but his tone was obviously not so harsh.

"Yes, but Dark Night never deals with the Revolutionary Army."

"The current situation is on the verge of breaking out. This can perhaps be seen as an olive branch extended by 'Dark Night' to the Revolutionary Army."

"There is another thing. 'Dark Night' registered the names of prisoners in the prison. But what is very strange is that when they clearly had the conditions to release them, they only did the most basic investigation."

"'Dark Night' is essentially just an intelligence organization, which means their main purpose is to save the 'Son of God'. Zhao Yunqi, give me news about the 'Son of God' within three days." Song Hongtian slammed the table and stood up.

"Yes."

"Also, monitor Lin Yaoyue comprehensively for me."

"Lin Yaoyue? Isn't he our partner?"

"Partner? Yunqi, you are still too naive. He is the most cunning old fox in the Lin Group. He claims to be neutral to the outside world, but what he does behind the scenes is unknown to me, not even his wife and children. Five years ago, he made a deal with me to set the Son of God free, and I agreed. But five years ago is five years ago, and now is now. I want to see what he wants to do now."

"I understand, Uncle. I'll go down and start preparing."

"One more thing. Contact Zhang Yang for me. Ask him if the last term's 'Guardian' has been lonely for too long."

"Yes."

Zhao Yunqi returned home and quietly opened the door. The lights in the living room were still on, and his sister Zhao Yunshuang was sleeping on the sofa. As expected, Zhao Yunqi sighed and went to the bedroom to get a blanket.

When he took the quilt back to the living room and wanted to cover the thin body curled up on the sofa, Zhao Yunshuang had already woken up. She was sitting there upright.

Zhao Yunqi walked over, put the quilt aside and squatted down. He stared at her pale face.

"I woke you up again. You're always so sensitive."

"How's the situation, brother?" Zhao Yunshuang looked at Zhao Yunqi silently and found that he was not injured, so he felt relieved.

Zhao Yunqi shook his head. "Originally, we didn't deploy any defenses in order to lure the enemy, but in the end, we didn't catch Lin Xuanfeng, and the Son of God also escaped."

"Did Song Hongtian blame you?" Zhao Yunshuang nervously grabbed her brother's arm.

"No, he asked me to hunt him down."

"That's the Son of God, brother..."

"Believe in your brother, he is also very capable." Zhao Yunqi took her hand away and comforted her.

"And it's not just me. Shangguan Can will go too. Don't worry, we're just trying to find out where he is. We won't alert him."

"That's good."

"Yes, you are weak, go back to bed."

"What about you, brother?"

"I'm resting too. Come, I'll take you back to your room first."

"it is good."

Thirty minutes later, when Zhao Yunqi judged that his sister had fallen asleep again, he took the documents and hurried out of the house.

Zhao Yunshuang hid in the bed and sighed silently when she heard the footsteps and the door closing. Although she and Zhao Yunqi were raised by Song Hongtian, they were just chess pieces of his. Zhao Yunqi was a chess piece he could use, and she was a chess piece that Song Hongtian used to use Zhao Yunqi.

Zhao Yunshuang has no ability, she is just an ordinary person, and her health is very poor. Every day she can't help but wonder, when will their days end? When will people like them be able to live freely?

A tear fell without warning, and Zhao Yunshuang wiped it away quickly. She silently said, Zhao Yunshuang, you have to be strong, and then hid in the quilt. There was darkness in front of her eyes.

At dusk on the third day, Zhao Yunqi went to report.

"There is no trace of the 'Son of God' in the news from Xidu and Xindu. Please punish me, second uncle." Zhao Yunqi kept his back bent and did not dare to lift it up.

"Look up, this is not a small matter. Is that matter settled?"

Zhao Yunqi straightened up obediently and said, "It's done."

"Okay, go get the map."

Zhao Yunqi took down the map hanging on the wall and spread it on the desk.

"If you were the 'Son of God', where would you escape to?"

"Xindu, but he is not in Xindu. Second uncle, I have sent people to the southern and northern cities to search. But there is one city that I am suspicious of, and that is Sand City. Sand City is almost a subsidiary city of Xindu, so he may have gone there, but to go to Sand City, he must pass through Xindu or Xidu anyway."

Sand City? Song Hongtian looked at the map for a while and drew a straight line between Jiudu and Sand City.

"This?" Zhao Yunqi noticed that the large area of ​​blue-green in the southwest of Jiunan Park on the map was indeed very annoying. Suddenly, he suddenly realized, "I understand. Thank you for your advice, second uncle."

In Jiunan Park, a letter suddenly appeared in front of Yin, blocking the three people's progress. Yin opened it and quickly read the contents of the letter.

"It's night, 'dark night', nothing serious."

"Is it really okay? Should I wait for you to reply before leaving?" Su Ziling asked Yin worriedly.

"It's okay, let's continue."

Although he said that, Yin still slowed down his pace. Su Ziling was still worried about the letter, so he distanced himself from Yin and walked ahead. However, he did not notice that An Yan also slowed down at this time.

After Su Ziling walked a little further away, Yin walked up to Anyan and whispered to him, "Ye said in the letter that Song Hongtian gathered Zhao Yunqi, Shangguan Can and four others. They probably found our whereabouts and are going to start searching."

"Yeah." An Yan nodded calmly, and then slightly quickened his pace. This was the fourth day of their escape.

The area where Jiunan Park bordered the unknown area was blocked by a wall. Zhao Yunqi and his team were now climbing over the wall to check all the ground within 50 meters on the other side of the wall. Time passed by minute by minute, and the sun gradually set.

"You said this 'Son of God' is quite smart. He hides here in a remote place by himself. I heard that he is not only powerful, but also has strong anti-reconnaissance ability. It's really troublesome." Shangguan Can couldn't help but complain to Zhao Yunqi.

"It will always leave traces, so don't keep hanging around in front of me."

"Well, you are such a boring person. It's a rare opportunity to come to Jiunan Park, I'm going to enjoy the beautiful scenery."

Shangguan Can was in a good mood when he came back from his walk. He looked at Zhao Yunqi who looked unhappy and asked, "What? Didn't you leave any traces?"

"If you know, just shut up." Zhao Yunqi said bluntly.

"Song Yu, take two people to search from the east now. If you find any traces, report to me immediately. If you don't find any traces within a day, you must also report to me."

"I understand, Yunqi." Song Yu said and left with the two people.

"Zhang Dong, you too, start from the west."

"Yes."

"I say, Song Yu is Song Hongtian's biological son and he has some abilities. Why does he want you to order him around?" Shangguan Can was a little confused.

"Stop talking nonsense, why don't you just start searching."

"I got it." Shangguan Can took the rest of the people away.

Zhao Yunqi stood there, he had also thought about Shangguan Can's problem. Later he finally understood that Song Hongtian just wanted him to be a stepping stone for his son. In the Song family, all the fatherly love and filial piety, brotherly friendship and respect for younger brothers were illusions.

After walking for half a day, Su Ziling stopped to rest. He untied the plastic bag on his shoes and took off his shoes so that he could massage his ankles and soles. Since entering this unknown area, he had been carrying heavy things and walking non-stop from morning to night for four days, which made him a little tired.

Su Ziling stared at his swollen toes in a daze. He put plastic bags on his shoes, slept on tree trunks before he had a tent, never made a fire, and put all his daily garbage into his backpack... An Yan did all of this very carefully, which made people wonder how terrible the opponent he was facing was, and why he had to be so cautious to survive?

An Yan handed the biscuit to Su Ziling, who took it and put it into his mouth with a distracted look.

"Just be patient. We will reach the edge of this small piece of land tomorrow. By then, we should have no problem cooking a meal."

"Really?" Su Ziling looked at An Yan openly.

"Ah."

"Great! Anyan."

"Ah."

This was the first time Su Ziling called An Yan's name.

In these few short days, Su Ziling has already understood a lot of things, although most of them are just vague impressions. But as his contact with An Yan and Yin deepens, Su Ziling is no longer afraid.

He did not forget that they were on the run, but he had unknowingly relaxed his vigilance against this world. Especially, Su Ziling had not noticed this yet.